Day-in, day-out, we get inundated with news around here about every website and company under the sun. Launches, re-launches, “we changed the color of our banner!”, we hear it all. But, some companies are worse than others: everything they do, every little insignificant change they make, and the entire blogosphere is writing about it like there’s no tomorrow. And, of course, we do, too. So, ladies and gents, here you go, the five websites even WE are tired of discussing.
Top 5 Websites of 2007 We’re Tired Of
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Top 5 Websites of 2007 We’re Tired Of
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Lifehacker's 2007 Guide to Free Software and Webapps
Throughout Lifehacker's archive of over 14,000 posts, we've mentioned hundreds of free web and desktop apps that help you get things done—but which are the best? As we wrap up the year 2007, it's the perfect time to put together an authoritative guide to our favorite pieces of free software and web services for common computing tasks on every platform.
Lifehacker's 2007 Guide to Free Software and Webapps
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David Allen: Three Cheers For Sloth, Indolence, And Procrastination!
"Folks, can we hear it for sloth, indolence, and procrastination!!!!!???" (Thunderous applause and raucous cheers.)
David Allen: Three Cheers For Sloth, Indolence, And Procrastination!
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14 Stress-Free Ways to Kick Weight Loss in the Butt
Let’s be honest: Losing weight isn’t the easiest thing in the world. All our best intentions end up doing nothing.
14 Stress-Free Ways to Kick Weight Loss in the Butt
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World Inmate Populations
The U.S. has the world's largest prison population: 2,245,189 prisoners (including pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners) as of mid-2006. China followed with 1,565,771; Russia 889,598; Brazil 419,551; and India 332,112.
World Inmate Populations
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Monday, December 17, 2007
Many of us procrastinate. Now we know why.
According to a ten-year-plus study by Canadian psychologist Piers Steel, postponing things is a serious problem and he has four primary reasons why it is such a serious problem for many people.
Many of us procrastinate. Now we know why.
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127 Foods That Fight Fat
Weight loss starts with shopping. Taking control of what you eat begins with taking control of what you buy.
Every time you toss a low-calorie food into the cart, you're taking responsibility for losing weight—even before you sit down to a meal.
127 Foods That Fight Fat
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Top 10 ways to un-bake your brain
Feeling stressed, anxious, overwhelmed or fatigued? Having trouble making decisions, falling and staying asleep and solving problems? A bit low on energy, just all-around baked? Life does that to us sometimes. The good news is…there’s a short list of simple practices that, done regularly, can pretty quickly un-bake your brain…and your body!
Top 10 ways to un-bake your brain
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Sunday, December 16, 2007
Best of 2007: Trends That Shaped the Web
The web, even at this age, is still an ever developing landscape. New trends come and go, some of them will last, some won’t. This is a list of five we felt shaped this year, and probably will in 2008 also.
Best of 2007: Trends That Shaped the Web
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Saturday, December 15, 2007
20 Signs You May Be About to Die
I recall reading about an obscure native culture in which the concept of death is fluid rather than fixed. You might be “dead” (somewhat sick), “very dead” (extremely ill) or “completely dead” (actually deceased) according to their terminology. The following 20 funny photos have been organized by these darkly funny and fatalistic categories!
20 Signs You May Be About to Die
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15 Can’t-Miss Ways to Declutter Your Mind
The world of stresses and worries and errands and projects and noise that we must all endure inflicts upon us a mind full of clutter and chaos.
A mind that sometimes cannot find the calm that we so desperately seek.
15 Can’t-Miss Ways to Declutter Your Mind
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6 Steps to Deflate Self-Defeating Fears
Have you ever justified your lack of success towards a goal with the excuse that you lacked the experience? Or that you lacked the resources: money and time? Did you give up before you even tried?
6 Steps to Deflate Self-Defeating Fears
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Friday, December 14, 2007
Southern Australia has its hottest year
Southern Australia is on track to have its hottest year on record, say weather experts.
Southern Australia has its hottest year
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AskEraser Keeps Your Searches Private - Or Does It?
A couple of days ago search engine Ask.com unveiled the AskEraser option, which erases all of your data (IP addresses, user IDs, cookies, search queries) from their servers in a couple of hours, thus - in theory - securing your privacy. However, as InformationWeek points out, things may not be exactly as they seem here.
AskEraser Keeps Your Searches Private - Or Does It?
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Even though it's sometimes stressful to have to give gifts, turns out that it's important to happiness.
I’ve always been fascinated by gift exchange – in particular, potlatch. It was my preoccupation with potlatch that eventually led me to write Profane Waste.
But although I’m intellectually interested in the impulse toward gift-giving, I don’t like gift-giving much, myself.
Even though it's sometimes stressful to have to give gifts, turns out that it's important to happiness.
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Holiday Gifting: 14 Ways to Give More Meaning and Less Stuff
It's the time of year when gift-giving is on everyone's mind. I don't know about you, but it drives me nuts to give and receive so much meaningless stuff, just out of tradition.
14 Ways to Give More Meaning and Less Stuff
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Google Zeitgeist 2007
We're bidding adieu to 2007 with a look back at the breaking news, the big events and the must-have gadgets that captivated us this year (give or take a few weeks; we compile this list by early December). To get a glimpse of what's been on our collective consciousness, we mined billions of search queries to discover what sorts of things rose to the top. We encourage you to check out our findings to see if you, too, reflect the zeitgeist — the spirit of the times.
Google Zeitgeist 2007
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Six Tech Predictions for 2008
It’s only a matter of days until 2008, and next year promises to bring some significant changes that will affect web workers. In this post are six predictions that may affect you next year, in some cases possibly profoundly.
Six Tech Predictions for 2008
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
Best Of 2007: Lifehacker's 2007 Software Superlatives
Who had the Most Obnoxious Icon, Best Splash Screen, and Best Easter Egg of the Year? Find out after the jump, where we'll also hand out our Most Likely to Make You Downgrade and Most Likely to Turn Completely Evil honors.
Best Of 2007: Lifehacker's 2007 Software Superlatives
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Quarterly updates - Oxford English Dictionary
Every quarter, a range of entries in OED Online will be replaced by updated versions produced by the OED's revision programme. New entries will also be added across the alphabet.
Quarterly updates - Oxford English Dictionary
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